The State of the Fitness Industry The Fitness Professional Show – The State of the Fitness Industry Click HERE to listen to the Show In this week’s episode of The Fitness Professional Show we decided to veer a bit from our discussions on starting a fitness business. Over the last few months we’ve noticed that fitness…
DetailsFDA – Public Notification: “Fat Zero” Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient Fat Zero sounds like a safe, natural product, containing bee pollen and other ingredients like green tea and lotus seed. But it also contains sibutramine, a prescription diet drug that was so dangerous it’s been pulled off the U.S. market, the Food and Drug Administration…
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Are Your Muscles Confused…? The Truth About Muscle Confusion “The philosophy behind muscle confusion exercise is to prevent a ‘plateau effect’ by continually challenging the body to reach its maximum potential.” You’ve probably heard the term “muscle confusion” before; it’s a theory of training based on continually changing the components of a workout in order…
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Personal Training as a Profession: A Vertex Fitness Personal Training Internship Perspective When I first started at Vertex Fitness, I was fresh out of Temple University with a degree in Exercise Science and an ACE Personal Training Certification. Like many individuals newly entering the fitness field, I felt that at the time I was ready…
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The S.A.I.D Principle of Exercise Our body is an amazing thing. It has the capability to judge just how much energy is needed to maintain it’s current level of activity. The human body is economical, it will take fuel that’s stored in our body for use when we increase activity, and store excess fuel to…
DetailsThe Core Quandary in Back Pain Since the 1990s fitness professionals have touted training the poorly defined core to be the solution to a variety of problems. A common belief includes that a strong core stabilizes the spine and thus prevents lower back pain. However, there is scant scientific research to support this idea. Most…
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The Wind of Exercise – Valsalva Maneuver Breathing – It is one of the most imperative activities of life. It’s such a simple task, isn’t it? Inhale, exhale, inhale, and exhale. Increasing the volume of the lungs and consequently lowering pressure to bring in air, then the opposite to remove it. Not so difficult. But, what…
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Resistance Training As We Age – Use It or Lose It As we become older (30+ yrs) our bodies are changing and many people don’t realize that their normal routines may be hindering their overall health, especially if their routines don’t include regular exercise, “Use It Or Lose It”. Some adults feel that if exercise…
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Staying Hydrated Did you know that water makes up more than half of your body weight? This is why staying hydrated is so important; water is used in the body to maintain temperature, remove waste and lubricate joints. However, while working out we lose water from our bodies and these important functions can be hindered. There are several factors that affect…
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LIVING WELL New Year’s Resolve It’s not too late to get it together for 2007. BY TARA BEHAN PUBLISHED JANUARY 11, 2007 AT 12:00 AM New Year’s Resolve It’s not too late to get it together for 2007. You had the best intentions as you toasted the New Year. You promised yourself 2007 would be different—that…
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